Attaching external walkman to Accord

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Suhas Joshi

My 2004 Accord LX does not have cassette player. Is there any way to
attach an external walkman and listen to it through the accord
speakers?

I am trying to figure out if I can get away from buying a in-dash
cassette player.
 
For $30, Radio Shack will sell you a gadget that plugs into the headphone
port on your cassette player and broadcasts an FM signal to the radio. Works
perfectly in my '03 Accord EX V6.
 
Lots of them available on eBay for $10 or less: irock 300FM Wireless Music
Adapter
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3068513483&category=3281
 
My 2004 Accord LX does not have cassette player. Is there any way to
attach an external walkman and listen to it through the accord
speakers?
I am trying to figure out if I can get away from buying a in-dash
cassette player.
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Try reaching you hand around behind the back of the radio. My CRV has
RCA inputs on the back of the radio. You can buy a cord with RCA jacks
on one end and a miniplug on the other end. I also have on eof those FM
things and a cassette thing.

I play my ipod and satellite radio the same way. In ranking them -
1. Best - RCA input cord
2. Better - Cassette with wire on it
3. Worst - FM transmitter
Harry
 
Use an FM transmitter that runs off of batteries. It "broadcasts"
whatever you plug in into, to an unused Fm radio station on your dial.

I've used 3 different transmitters now. The cheap ones are OK. I've
noticed that they tend to drift a little when used for several hours,
and they don't perform as well in big cities where there is a lot of
radio signals close to the frequency you are using.

The 3rd one that I tried I love. It is made by a CCrane and will run
you $80. But I used this on a 13 hour drive and it worked great, big
city and all.

It has a digital tuner rather than a thumb knob.

Here is a link: http://www.ccrane.com/fm-transmitter.asp
 
JAC said:
Use an FM transmitter that runs off of batteries. It "broadcasts"
whatever you plug in into, to an unused Fm radio station on your dial.

I've used 3 different transmitters now. The cheap ones are OK. I've
noticed that they tend to drift a little when used for several hours,
and they don't perform as well in big cities where there is a lot of
radio signals close to the frequency you are using.
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Something people have ommitted is that these radio thigns are not legal
everywhere. The Us is Ok, but I know for a fact that in the UK, to be able
to broadcast in that range (87-108 Mhz iirc) you MUST have a license. If
not, one of the radio Association trucks which does random driveabouts and
scans, can and will take you to court.

Check local laws before buying/using
 
You have two options. First, as several people have mentioned, is using an
FM transmitter. The second is to use a SoundGate SNHOND3 adapter which will
plug into the audio bus and allow you to plug RCA inputs directly into the
radio. The SoundGate adapter will give you better sound than an FM
transmitter, but then, being that you are looking at listening to a cassette
tape, that probably doesn't matter all that much.
 
Yes, there's a device that costs about $30 or $40 at Best Buy or Circuit
City (or Radio Shack, though I hate Radio Shack) that you plug into an
regular walkman cassette (or CD or MP3 player) and that sends a signal to
your radio. You set it for a certain frequency (radio station) and it picks
up the signal.
I heard once that it's a bit static-y, but others have told me it works very
well.
On the Web sites of the two big chains, you can read comments from other
consumers.
Martin
 
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